We have been watching our cat Princess getting larger and larger over the past few weeks, and yesterday the long-awaited event happened! She settled down on Mr. Diligence’s lap yesterday morning, and after awhile we noticed she was very restless, so we fixed her a box in the living room. Sure enough, after a couple of hours she produced a kitten, and a couple of hours later, one more. We’re rather glad there were only two! Both are tortoiseshells; one is mostly black and the other tabby. They’ll be beautiful cats!
Mr. Imagination has been desperately wanting a pet. He has tried to save a number of baby birds from the cats, but all have died. He tried to save a skink one day, but we didn’t know what to feed it. A few days ago, he rescued a duckling from the cat. We told him to give it back to its family, but a few minutes later the cat had it again. I told him he could put it in the brooder with the baby turkeys, but within a couple of hours it had died. He was heartbroken. I realized, then, how badly he wanted a pet, so I told him he could choose one of the kittens when Princess has them. He was thrilled, and spent a lot of time spoiling her after that! He was very excited yesterday, as you can imagine, and he has chosen the tabby kitten for his own. He can’t wait till she’s big enough to play with.
Kittens are so absolutely adorable! I always wanted one myself, but my mom’s allergies kept us a no pet zone! Now that I’m an adult, I’m not sure that I’m responsible enough to care for another creature!
This is the first time we’ve had a cat tame enough that we could see the babies from day one. Back in Michigan, 8 years ago, we had a wild cat hanging around who had a litter, and when they were a month or two old the children were able to tame some of them, but other than the ones we were given here in the past two years, they’ve never experienced kittens. Cats were a huge part of my growing-up years, since we lived on a dairy farm, so I wanted my children to experience kittens at least once!